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Wing Commander Paddy Finucane Brendan Finucane R. A. F., D. S. O., D. F. C.
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 94

Wing Commander Paddy Finucane Brendan Finucane R. A. F., D. S. O., D. F. C.

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1942
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Wing Commander Paddy Finucane (Brendan Finucane) R.A.F., D.S.O., D.F.C.
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 53

Wing Commander Paddy Finucane (Brendan Finucane) R.A.F., D.S.O., D.F.C.

This book was first published in 1942 as a tribute to Irish-born RAF fighter pilot and flying ace, Brendan Finucane (1920-1942), who died fighting for Britain during World War II. Known amongst his colleagues as “Paddy,” Finucane was credited with 28 aerial victories—five probably destroyed, six shared destroyed, one shared probable victory, and eight damaged—and was also noted for being the youngest person ever given command of a fighter wing in the history of aerial combat, namely the Hornchurch Wing. “IF SOMEONE asked me to describe Wing Commander Brendan Finucane R.A.F. in two words, I would say “bright and shining.” He seemed always to radiate light and lift of the spirit...

Ireland's Aviator Heroes of World War II
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1082

Ireland's Aviator Heroes of World War II

'Ireland's Aviator Heroes of World War II' celebrates Irish aviators who served in the Royal Air Force during the dark days of the Second World War. Individual stories have been painstakingly and extensively researched through interviews with the surviving subjects and their families, and using the original log books and service records of the men. Many of the stories contain details of the individuals' participation in important wartime campaigns, although others are limited to war service records due to a lack of surviving information. Above all this book celebrates the great courage and sacrifice demonstrated by these Irishmen during their contribution to the Allied war effort against Nazi Germany, her western allies and Japan. Many of the men included paid the ultimate price for their participation. The book is also well illustrated with many photographs, some taken by the subjects themselves.

Fighter Pilots of the RAF, 1939–1945
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 317

Fighter Pilots of the RAF, 1939–1945

The author has selected some twenty RAF fighter pilots of the Second World War, not only to give overdue recognition to their prowess and courage, but also to exemplify the wide diversity of the individual characters of those men whose war was fought from the cockpit of an RAF fighter. A few were familiar names but most received little or no public acclaim, being part of the silent majority which provided the real spine of the RAF's fighter effort throughout the conflict.

Principles of Airway Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 513

Principles of Airway Management

Provides well-balanced discussions of the complexities and difficult issues associated with airway management; Excellent organization ensures that the materials will be learned as well as applied in various situations; A new chapter on laryngeal mask airway that provides timely information on its effect on the practice and the reduced need for laryngoscopy and intubation; Contains more than 250 updated illustrations, tables, and boxes; Includes the latest equipment and techniques along with discussions on complications of airway management

Teaching the World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 52

Teaching the World

This book catalogues an exhibition of textbooks by authors from the University of Alberta. Each finished textbook contains its own story of challenges and victories. And each has its own power as a record of knowledge, a teaching tool, and an object of permanence and beauty.

Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 387

Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England

To what extent did the Irish disappear from English politics, life and consciousness following the Anglo-Irish War? Mo Moulton offers a new perspective on this question through an analysis of the process by which Ireland and the Irish were redefined in English culture as a feature of personal life and civil society rather than a political threat. Considering the Irish as the first postcolonial minority, she argues that the Irish case demonstrates an English solution to the larger problem of the collapse of multi-ethnic empires in the twentieth century. Drawing on an array of new archival evidence, Moulton discusses the many varieties of Irishness present in England during the 1920s and 1930s, including working-class republicans, relocated southern loyalists, and Irish enthusiasts. The Irish connection was sometimes repressed, but it was never truly forgotten; this book recovers it in settings as diverse as literary societies, sabotage campaigns, drinking clubs, and demonstrations.

Watson's Really Big WWII Almanac
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 714

Watson's Really Big WWII Almanac

This book covers events that have occured throughout history that pertain to the Second World War. The dates range from the 1800´s to 2007. It uses the same format and contains the same type of information as Volume 1, but it covers the period from July to December, whereas Volume 1 concentrates on the first 6 months of the year. It was also the 2008 North American Book Exchange´s Pinnacle Book Award winner in the Reference Category.

Aces High, Volume 1
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1266

Aces High, Volume 1

First in the Aces High series—a military reference of the fighter pilots who had five or more confirmed victories while serving in the Royal Air Force. Introduced by the French quite early in World War I, the term “ace” was used to describe a pilot credited with five or more aerial victories. But in the United Kingdom, the term was never officially recognized. Becoming an ace was partly luck, especially considering the campaigns in which they flew and the areas of combat. There are three distinct kinds of aces: the defensive ace, the offensive ace, and the night fighter. This book is a revised collection of the biographies of the highest scoring Allied fighter pilots of World War II—...

Physicists of Ireland
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 308

Physicists of Ireland

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003-09-15
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Demonstrating the strength of tradition in Ireland, Physicists of Ireland: Passion and Precision is a collection of essays on leading figures from the history of physics in Ireland. It includes physicists born outside of Ireland who carried out significant work in Ireland as well as those who had strong Irish roots but carried out their work outsid